See also: مرتک

Arabic edit

Noun edit

مَرْتَك (martakm

  1. alternative form of مَرْدَاسَنْج (mardāsanj)

Declension edit

Ottoman Turkish edit

Etymology edit

From the synonymous Armenian մարդակ (mardak),[1][2][3] from Old Armenian մարդակ (mardak) which is attested since the 6th century and is probably akin to Persian مردک (mardak, little man, manikin; puppy).

Noun edit

مرتك (mertek)

  1. beam, girder, post, a squared balk of timber
    Synonym: دیرك (direk)
  2. rafter, one of a series of beams designed to support the roof deck

Descendants edit

  • Turkish: mertek
  • Bulgarian: мерте́к (merték)
  • Romanian: martac
  • Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: мѐртек
    Latin script: mèrtek

References edit

  1. ^ Ačaṙean, Hračʻeay (1977) “մարդակ”, in Hayerēn armatakan baṙaran [Armenian Etymological Dictionary] (in Armenian), 2nd edition, a reprint of the original 1926–1935 seven-volume edition, volume III, Yerevan: University Press, page 280
  2. ^ Dankoff, Robert (1995) Armenian Loanwords in Turkish (Turcologica; 21), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, § 505, page 106
  3. ^ Tietze, Andreas (2021) “mertek”, in Emine Yılmaz and Nurettin Demir, editors, Tarihi ve Etimolojik Türkiye Türkçesi Lügati [Historical and Etymological Dictionary of Turkish] (in Turkish), 2nd edition, volume V, Ankara: Türkiye Bilimler Akademisi, page 113

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